longa

See also: long a

English

Etymology 1

From Australian Kriol langa, from English along. Compare Bislama and Tok Pisin long.

Preposition

longa

  1. (Australian Aboriginal) Belonging to; of, in, at, to. [from 19th c.]
    • 1991, Jimmy Chi, Bran Nue Dae, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 137:
      This fella song all about the Aboriginal people, coloured people, black people longa Australia.
    • 2000, Queensland Department of Justice, Aboriginal English in the courts: a handbook:
      He wait longa river.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Latin longa.

Noun

longa (plural longae or longe or longas)

  1. (music) A musical note equal to two (or occasionally three) breves or whole notes.
    Synonyms: (US, two breves) quadruple whole note, (US, three breves, rare) sextuple whole note
Translations

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

From English and French long, from Latin longus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlonɡa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -onɡa
  • Hyphenation: lon‧ga

Adjective

longa (accusative singular longan, plural longaj, accusative plural longajn)

  1. long
    • 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Eliro 2:23.
      Post longa tempo mortis la reĝo de Egiptujo.
      After a long time the king of Egypt died.
    Antonym: mallonga

Derived terms

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse langa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔŋka/
  • Rhymes: -ɔŋka

Noun

longa f (genitive singular longu, plural longur)

  1. ling (fish)
  2. common ling

Declension

f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative longa longan longur longurnar
accusative longu longuna longur longurnar
dative longu longuni longum longunum
genitive longu longunnar longa longanna

Derived terms

  • blálonga
  • vaðanslonga

Galician

Adjective

longa

  1. feminine singular of longo

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto longa.

Adjective

longa

  1. long

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • longeskar (to lengthen, transitive verb)
  • longigar (to lengthen, elongate, prolong, intransitive verb)

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈl̪ˠɔŋə], [ˈl̪ˠɔŋɡə], [ˈl̪ˠʊŋə], [ˈl̪ˠʊŋɡə]

Noun

longa f pl

  1. nominative plural of long
  2. vocative plural of long
  3. dative plural of long

Italian

Adjective

longa

  1. feminine singular of longo

Anagrams

Kituba

Verb

longa

  1. to advise

Latin

Adjective

longa

  1. inflection of longus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

longā

  1. ablative feminine singular of longus

Noun

longa f (genitive longae); first declension

  1. (music) a long (British), quadruple whole note (US)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

  • English: longa

References

  • "longa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • longa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) this word ends in a long syllable: haec vox longa syllaba terminatur, in longam syllabam cadit, exit
    • (ambiguous) to begin with a long syllable: oriri a longa (De Or. 1. 55. 236)
    • (ambiguous) a man-of-war: navis longa

Lingala

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀ng (be correct, suit).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lo˩.ⁿɡa˩/

Verb

-longa (infinitive kolonga)

  1. suit
  2. marry, take in marriage

See also

References

Neapolitan

Adjective

longa f sg

  1. feminine singular of luongo

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

longa f

  1. definite singular of longe

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

longa f (definite singular longa, indefinite plural longer or longor, definite plural longene or longone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of lange
  2. definite singular of longe

Anagrams

Occitan

Adjective

longa

  1. feminine singular of long

Portuguese

Etymology

From longo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlõ.ɡɐ/

  • Hyphenation: lon‧ga

Adjective

longa

  1. feminine singular of longo

Derived terms

Noun

longa f (plural longas)

  1. (grammar) long syllable
  2. (music) long (a note formerly used in music, twice the length of a breve)

Noun

longa (Portugal) f or (Brazil) m (plural longas)

  1. clipping of longa-metragem

Sicilian

Adjective

longa

  1. feminine singular of longu

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlonɡa/ [ˈlõŋ.ɡa]
  • Rhymes: -onɡa
  • Syllabification: lon‧ga

Noun

longa f (plural longas)

  1. (music) longa

Adjective

longa f

  1. feminine singular of longo

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